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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kajuju",
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        "legal_name": "Florence Kajuju",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to speak to the GJLOS policy paper that was tabled by our Committee. I also thank the members and Chairperson of the Committee for the work they did, which is going to inform us in the adoption of this policy paper. I stand to support the adoption of this policy paper because we need these kinds of policies to govern the various institutions that we have created in our country. During the passage of the Constitution, as members of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and other people, we were involved in a programme that was named “Kenya Integrated Civic Education Programme (KNICE)”. That programme was fully sponsored by GJLOS. The programme was for us to go into vernacular radio stations to educate the people on what the draft Constitution stated, so that the public could be in a position to make a wise decision, which I believe they made. This is a good policy because it shows us what we can do as lawmakers and as persons who have been entrusted by the people to deliver the services they require. Sovereignty belongs to the people and we are only entrusted to exercise that sovereignty on behalf of the people. Most importantly, because we exercise the sovereignty as elected persons at the national and county levels, we need this policy so that we are able to know how the two arms of the Government are going to relate at the county and national levels. We also need to understand that, as much as we are exercising that sovereignty, there is need for us to respect various laws through the practice of constitutionalism. We might have a constitution but fail to practice constitutionalism in various institutions. That is why we have this policy to ensure that there is the implementation of various statutes that we pass. Article 10 of the Constitution is about transparency, accountability and other core values that are expected from us. As persons who have been appointed, elected or who represent their country in a certain manner, it is important for us to know that we must be transparent and accountable to the public. In our capacity, we are trustees of the people. Therefore, I believe that this policy paper is going to demonstrate to us, who hold positions in trust for the people, how we are supposed to ensure that there is transparency and accountability. There are various bodies that were constituted after the passage of this Constitution. One of the institutions, whose members were vetted by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, is the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC). National cohesion in this country is very important. We have witnessed various conflicts within societies, communities and clans that have ended up in the loss and disruption of lives."
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